Remember the conflict between the U.S. and Soviet characters in 2001, A Space Odyssey? It mirrored an apparent cold war on earth. There just wasn't a lot of cooperation on the space station that acted as a way-station for Dr. Heywood Floyd's trip to examine the mysterious object found buried on the moon. According to a BBC story this morning, that's what's happening right now aboard the International Space Station, including restrictions on who can use the U.S. manufactured toilet. By the way, that double-wheel movie space station, the one shown in the drawing, was based on a design by none other than Verhner von Braun of Huntsville fame. They used a seven foot model for the movie.
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